Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race: The Truman Administration and the U.S. Arms Build-Up (SIGNED)

Ojserkis, Raymond P.

ISBN 10: 0275980162 / ISBN 13: 9780275980160

Edité par Praeger, 2003

A propos de cet article

1st Edition/1st Printing (comlete numberline). SIGNED (inscribed) by author on front end page (signed 'Ray O'). Fine except for some waterstaing to front boards. 237 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

N° de réf. du vendeur 047489

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race: The Truman Administration and the U.S. Arms Build-Up (SIGNED)
• Éditeur: Praeger
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0275980162
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780275980160
• Reliure: Hard Cover
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Very Good +
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket As Issued
• Signé: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

The Truman administration's decision to embark on an arms build-up in 1950 was a critical event. For the first time other than a World War, the United States became a global military presence. Unlike the World Wars, in this instance the deployment lasted decades, altering the nature of the Cold War and the United States' global role. Such a decision deserves a book dedicated to understanding the strategy and politics behind it. The Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race serves that purpose.

The Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race reviews the state of American military affairs in the late 1940s and describes the role of atomic power in American strategy. It also outlines the factional fighting within the Truman administration over military spending and deployments and considers the Truman administration's perceptions of Soviet military power and intentions. The author presents a fascinating account of the strategy and politics behind the Truman administration's decision to engage in a massive arms build-up that initiated the Cold War arms race.

À propos de l?auteur

RAYMOND P. OJSERKIS received a D.Phil. in International History from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He lives in New York City.